Where does “中州” come from?

中州 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 中, from Japanese 中今, from Japanese 今 — now; just now; soon.

中州 (Japanese): a sandbank in a river; the central location of...

Definitions

  1. a sandbank in a river; the central location of...

Ancestry of “中州”, step by step

中州 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 中

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese中middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;...
2Japanese中今the present, as a privileged moment in eternity
3Japanese今now; just now; soon

via Japanese 州

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese州state; province of Canada; canton of Switzerland
2Middle Chinese洲—
Every word from Japanese 今 →Every word from Japanese 中 →Every word from Japanese 中今 →
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